Vegetarian Cottage Pie

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If you are looking for a nice, filling vegetarian meal then this vegetarian cottage pie is perfect. Its full of flavour, easy to do and doesn’t take very much time at all. This recipe does include Quorn mince, however if you don’t like Quorn then it can be made without it as well. I would […]

Individual Beef Wellingtons

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​It was Valentine’s day, and I wanted to make Rach a 3-course dinner, I was trying to decide what to do for a main when I thought about doing an individual beef wellington each. Now when you think about doing wellingtons, you will automatically assume they are hard to get right and to be honest […]

4 Perfect Christmas Dinner Starters

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The Christmas Dinner is not like your typical roast dinner, more effort is put into it. You naturally want it to be the very best dinner for your friends or family. A lot of the time its not just about cooking the main meal but what Christmas Dinner Starters you can make and what dessert […]

Egg Benedict Recipe

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Eggs Benedict is usually my go to breakfast if at a hotel or restaurant if I don’t fancy a full english, when done right they can be amazing! The problem I find sometimes when I have egg Benedict is that too much vinegar is used so it has more of a vinegar taste than actual […]

Broccoli and Stilton Soup

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Broccoli and Stilton soup is perfect for those cold days and I find it perfect for a dinner party. The nice thing about this soup is that it doesn’t take very long at all to make and contains a good amount of vegetables. I didn’t always like stilton, in fact when I first tried it […]

HelloFresh UK Review – From an actual member [UPDATED 2020]

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HelloFresh UK Review – UPDATED 2020 Hello Fresh is a UK food subscription service where you select 3-4 recipes, and then receive everything to create those recipes. It’s perfect for those that want to learn to cook different dishes or if you’re short on time and don’t want to figure out what to cook each […]

Chef Interviews – Craig Floate

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When Did You First Have An Interest Cooking? I’ve had an interest in cooking ever since I was younger cooking with my mum in the family kitchen. Making simple dishes like roast dinners and fish and chips etc…. Not fancy but simple foods that fill a family of 5! How Long Have You Been Cooking […]

Chef Interviews – Dipna Anand

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When Did You First Have An Interest Cooking? Right from childhood I paid a keen interest in both eating and generally watching mum in the kitchen. I used to also help dad on the weekends at the restaurant from the age of around 8 and just watch my mum and dad serving customers and running […]

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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This Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe is somewhat adapted to other recipes I have seen online, taking peoples comments and past attempts and making some changes. Some recipes suggested the addition of granulated sugar and lowering the amount of brown sugar, I did however find these a little too sweet. I left out the salt as never […]

Justin Brown – Chef Interviews

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When Did You First Have An Interest Cooking? From a very young age, i knew sitting in an office was not the job for me. I wanted something where i could create, where everyday is different and something that would interest me and cooking fitted all the things i was searching for. How Long Have […]